Zombie Portraits
2007
Ordinary people are transformed from normal to zombie before the viewers's eyes! This work takes cues from the rising cult of zombies in popular culture, where zombie gatherings and zombie lore flourish. It exposes the artifice of the horror genre, at once softening the frightening effect and eliciting humor. The images are lenticular, meaning that ribbed surface lenses reflect the images beneath them so that as the viewer's point of view changes, the viewed image changes - creating the illusion of movement. In effect these are interactive animations.
As the viewer moves from left to right before the image, a zombie metamorphosis occurs. (photos, Sean Colon)
